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U-verse gateway won't reach both ends of the house
I have U-verse and there doesn't seem to be a good place to put the U-verse gizmo such that it reaches both ends of my S-shaped house without issues. AT&T says I'm only allowed 1 gizmo. What other solutions are available, can I hard-wire the cable boxes somehow? Like if I get an ethernet switch and a length of cable? (by "gizmo" I mean the t(Edited per community guidelines)zoidal shaped broadcaster that talks to my cable boxes from the main box in the basement and lets me access my recordings.).
baseballisback
ACE - Professor
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8.1K Messages
2 years ago
The gateway and WAP should ideally be in the middle of the house, since they broadcast in a circular pattern, sort of like a radio or TV broadcast tower.
I'd be tempted to call in and ask for a tech to be sent so they can see your issue. Maybe then you can move to wired receivers.
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DocBronner
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2 years ago
That's what actually happened. I thought the tech had just left , unable to help, but he returned about 25 minutes later with a new WAP (mine was 9 years old) and a silver box that was wired by Ethernet. Better signal all over the house now and the one TV with the weakest signal in is now hardwired. Thanks for the response!
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baseballisback
ACE - Professor
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2 years ago
A silver U-Verse receiver? How's the response time...as when you press buttons to change channels or bring up the menu?
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DocBronner
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2 years ago
It's fine, just as fast as any other. Here's a picture:
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baseballisback
ACE - Professor
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8.1K Messages
2 years ago
Odd.
I had issues with my silver ones years ago...it was right around the time they changed the GUI. The "menu" button used to bring up a menu along the top of the screen. I chalked it up to a new GUI being more resource intensive.
But then the tech swapped me out to newer black boxes and things got speedy.
If they work for you, that's awesome.
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Constructive
Employee
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34K Messages
2 years ago
The old Cisco receivers still in service.
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baseballisback
ACE - Professor
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2 years ago
I think I heard something it was where you lived. I definitely had a Motorola like the one above.
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